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Obama Sizes Up Gingrich, Romney

Dec 11, 2011 7:00 pm ET

President Barack Obama used a CBS “60 Minutes” interview to size up the two frontrunners in the Republican presidential primary, Newt Gringrich and Mitt Romney, in some of his most extensive comments on the Republican field to date.

In response to a question about Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Obama described the former speaker of the House as “somebody who’s been around a long time, and is good on TV, is good in debates.”

Mr. Obama described Mr. Romney as someone who has “shown himself to be somebody who’s good at politics, as well. He’s had a lot of practice at it.”